FYI. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Security] billion laughs attack Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 11:58:13 -0600 From: Peter Saint-Andre <stpe...@stpeter.im> Reply-To: XMPP Security <secur...@xmpp.org> To: XMPP Security <secur...@xmpp.org>
Over the last few days, the Debian security team has announced fixes to several XMPP server daemons to address the so-called "billion laughs" attack: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00118.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00119.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2011/msg00120.html This attack is not limited to those server daemons, and in fact applies more generally to any XML-based applications. Other XMPP software projects (servers, clients, and libraries) might also vulnerable, and developers are encouraged to review their code. Background information can be found at the following web pages: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/library/x-tipcfsx/index.html http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/ee335713.aspx Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
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